Indicator



I Nov. 12, 1929.

H. c BAND INDICATOR Filed May 31. 1928 Patented Nov. 12, 1929 HENRY C. BAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR TO G. H. HANSON COMPANY, 70F! CHICAGO,

ILLINOi'S INDICATOR Application filed Ma 31,

" provide means which may be readily operated while attached to the person to provide means to assist in keeping count of any of various other matters of count such as the number of strokes in the playing of the game of golf.

The invention has as a further object the provision of a mounting element to which the counter wheels are attached, the mounting element being formed to provide and maintain a space between it and the material to which the device is attached, in which space the counter wheels may operate without interference between said Wheels and the material. I

The invention also has as an object the provision of a counter device having means whereby said device may be attached to the material or some portion of wearing apparel, said means permitting the ready association and disassociation of the device and laterally toward the counter wheels as indicated at 14c, and are also bent outwardly asindicated at 15 parallelwith the body of the the material or wearing apparel, and preventing the accidental disassociation of the device therefrom.

In addition, it is an object to provide a device of the character above described,with means which may be passed through the lining or material or may be passed over an edge of a part of wearing apparel, such as a belt, to thereby hold the device relatively thereto.

The invention also'has as an object the provision of a yieldable holding means formed in a manner to successfully hold the device in place. 7

The invention has these and other objects, all of which will be explained in detail and more readily understood when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings 1928. Serial No. 281,746.

forming a part hereof, it being obvious that changes and modifications may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the appended claims forming a part hereof. 1

In the drawings, V Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a device constr'ucted according to one embodiment of which the inventionis susceptible, a portion of the construction being broken away for the purpose of illustration;

Fig. 2 is a planview of the device shown in Fig. 1, and I Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The .lustrated in the drawings contemplates the useof a' plate 10, which provides a support for a pluralityof discs 11 11, each of'which embodiment of the invention as ilis provided with indicia,'and which is ro tatably secured to the plate as indicated. at 12. These discs or counter wheels are arranged inparallel rowsalo-ng said plate and have a portion of their edges extended beyond the opposite edges of the plate to thus permit them to be engaged to causetheir rotation. Said plateis providedwith a plurality'of apertures13'13, one ofwhich is located adjacent an edge of each counter wheel to thus provide means wherebycertain indicia provided upon the faces of said counter wheels maybe viewed The oppositeends of said plate 10 are ben plate, This construction of theends of said plate provides a recess .16 in which the counter wheels are rotatably located, and in addifabric 17 which, as beforestated, may be the lining ofan automobile body. Means is provided for attaching and securing the device thus far explained to said lining. This means may be in the form of a pointed element or prong 18, one of which is located adjacent the opposite'ends ofv the plate and formed to provide the laterally extended part 19 which is connected'to the plate adjacent the upper edge thereof and extended beyond the rear face of the plate and is bent to provide the downwardly extending part 20, this latter portion being spaced from the body so that the material or fabric of the lining may be located between said prong and the laterally extending lip or flange 15 and thus hold said material extending between said able, and also that when the device is em- "prongs in its proper spaced relation to the lationwith said belt.

From the foregoing description of the invention, it is manifest that anextremely simple arrangement is provided which may be attached to the lining of an automobile body or to a belt or other garment and thus provide' means which, in the event of the first mentioned use, may be set to advise the autoist as to when a change of lubrlcant is advis ployed by golfers, it may be attached readily to the belt of the player or some other portion of his apparel and thus provide means whereby accurate count of his score may bekept.

It is evident that the structure employed is such that" the counter wheels are held in spaced relation to the material to which the device is attached so that interference between said counter wheels and the material is revented.- V v aving described the-invention, what -I claim and desire to'cover by Letters Patent is L-In an indicator, the combination of a plate providing a support, indicator wheels,

said wheels being arranged upon one side of the plate and relatively to an edge thereof to locate a portion of the-periphery of said wheels beyond an edge of said support, apertures provided in said plate-through which a portion of said Wheels may be viewed, said plate having opposite edges thereof bent toward and beyond said wheels to provide a recess in which said wheels are mounted for rotation, and a holding element extending from thatside of the plate to which said 1 wheels are secured.

2. In an indicator, the combination of a plateprovidin a support, said plate having opposed ends t ereof bent to provide a recess between said ends, a plurality of indicator wheels provided in said recess, said indicator wheels being located relatively to the edges ofthe recessed portion of the plate to arrange a portion of the periphery of said wheels beyond opposite edges of said recessed portion, apertures provided in said plate adjacent each wheel, and a holding element projecting from said plate beyond said wheels.

3. In an indicator, the combination of a supporting plate, a plurality of indicator wheels secured to one side of said plate and arranged in rows lengthwise of said plate, an aperture provided in said plate adjacent each wheel, said wheels being mounted relatively to longitudinal edges of said plate to arrange a portion of the peripheryv of said wheels beyond said edges of said plate, the ends of said plate being bent toward and beyond said wheels to provide a recess in which said wheels are mounted, and a holding element arranged at each end of said plate, saidholding element being spaced from that, side of said plate upon which said wheels are mounted.

my name this 22nd day of May, 111928. HENRY O. BAND.

. r 1; In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 

